Borat even managed to squeeze in one joke about U2 during this ostensible digression, parodying “With or Without You” with the lyrics, “With or without Jews.” ...

Even with him incognito, you can’t help but feel that most of the targets are in on the joke. Borat calmly asks a Southern hardware store employee which propane tank he’d need to kill 50 gypsies.

What "Borat" does is reveal these prejudices to ourselves and proves that even in the 21st century, things are not perfect. We'd be well-served to see that Borat's joke is on us and our own ignorance.

Israelis begin giggling right from the opening scene, when Borat departs his hometown in Kazakhstan for the "U.S. and A.," assuring a one-armed man in fake Kazakh: "Don't worry I will bring you a ...

But to me the original Borat segments were more than stupid-funny; they were extremely smart-funny, occasionally even off-handedly profound, as the fake Kazakh newsman “personality” managed to ...

Borat, beware: Accept an invitation by a top Kazakh official to find out what the country is like and you could be in for a nasty surprise. Kazakhs angry over Borat — but some see joke ...

'Borat' target hopes to get last laugh / Long-ignored Kazakhstan could profit from being butt of joke in hit film By Christopher Pala , Chronicle Foreign Service Dec 9, 2006 ...

'Cancel Borat' Petitions Not all Kazakhs want to be a part of the joke. While the Kazakh government didn't explicitly ban the first Borat film, it discouraged screenings.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff made a "My Wife" joke — alluding to Borat, of course — and the DNC crowd couldn't get enough.

IN ADDITION TO being a brilliant satirist, Sacha Baron Cohen was once a rather good historian. In fact, he is by far my most successful former student. I can still remember how well he used to ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A top Kazakh official has an invitation for Sacha Baron Cohen, whose character, Borat, parodies a Kazakh journalist: Come visit.